Memphis Xplorers

Established 2000
Folded 2006
Played in DeSoto Civic Center
in Southaven, Mississippi

Logo

League/conference affiliations

af2 (2001–2006)

National Conference (2001–2003)
American Conference (2004)
National Conference (2005)
American Conference (2006)
- South Central Division (2001)
- Central Division (2002–2003)
- Midsouthern Division (2004)
- Midwest Division (2005)
- Southern Division (2006)

Team colors

Forest green, gold, white

Personnel

Owner(s)

Will Wolford

General manager

Trey Medlock

Head coach

Collins Sanders Jr. (2001)
Danton Barto (2002–2006)

Team history

Memphis Xplorers (2001–2006)

Championships

League championships (1)
2005

Conference championships (1)
2005

Division championships (1)
2005

Playoff appearances (4)

2004, 2005, 2006

Home arena(s)

DeSoto Civic Center (2001–2006)

af2 (2001–2006)

Memphis Xplorers (2001–2006)

The Memphis Xplorers were a professional arena football team. They were a 2001 expansion member of the af2. They played their home games at DeSoto Civic Center in Southaven, Mississippi (a suburb of Memphis, Tennessee). The team's logo featured the likeness of the namesake of both the venue and the team, Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto.

On October 11, 2006, the team announced that they would not return for the 2007 season.

In October 2007, local teacher Patrick Smith and a partner purchased the Memphis Xplorers for $100,000. There were plans to bring the team back for the 2009 season, with the possibility of the team's name being changed to the Midsouth Mafia. These plans never came to fruition.

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